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2025 Supreme(All) 2367

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Hon'ble Dinesh Pathak,J.
Rajkumar Dubey – Appellant
Versus
Board of Revenue – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Anurag Singh, Ashutosh Srivastava, Govind Krishna, Satyendra Nath Srivastava, Shreyas Srivastava
For the Respondents: D.D. Chauhan, Madhur Prakash, Satya Prakash

Judgement Key Points

How to determine whether a suit for declaration of rights and title under Section 229-B of the UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act is barred by Section 49 of the UP Consolidation of Holdings Act?

What is the scope and application of Section 49 of the UP Consolidation of Holdings Act regarding bar to civil/revenue court jurisdiction in matters arising from land consolidation, including fraud exceptions?

What are the circumstances under which fraud can carve out an exception to the bar under Section 49, allowing a claimant to pursue rights despite consolidation finality?


Table of Content
1. petitioner claims rights based on historical mortgage and possession. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 6)
2. arguments presented regarding the applicability of section 49 of u.p.c.h. act. (Para 7 , 8)
3. court's analysis on section 49 and the impact of fraud on property rights. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
4. writ petition dismissed due to lack of merit. (Para 32)

JUDGMENT :

Dinesh Pathak, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the contesting private respondents as well as learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved with the orders passed by the revenue courts under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (in brevity 'Act, 1950') whereby suit filed on his behalf for declaration of his rights and title under Section 229-B of Act, 1950 has concurrently been discarded by all the three revenue courts on the point of maintainability of suit being barred under Section 49 of U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 (in brevity 'U.P.C.H. Act') while deciding the issue no.7 framed by the learned trial court.

3. As per plaint cas

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